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fore and the effect comes after in time. 

 The connection between cause and ef- 

 fect is so intimate and complete with 

 regard to natural products, that we may 

 trace the series of occurrences back- 

 ward and forward in time without 

 other limitations than those imposed 

 by a deficient knowledge of the quali- 

 ties of matter. Such a connection be- 

 tween cause and effect has been termed 

 mechanical causality, which reigns 

 without exception in the material 

 world. 



Of entirely different kind and nature 

 is the series of causes pertaining to 

 the production of objects of art. In 

 their capacity of purpose they are 

 themselves the physical cause of all 

 the work that precedes their birth. 

 When the product of art is finally 

 ready, the effect has then gone before 

 the cause. Such a connection is called 

 teleological causality in contradistinc- 

 tion to the mechanical one, where the 

 cause always precedes the effect. 



But although the product of art is 



